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saturnine

/-nɪn/
adjective
  1. Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.

    Similar: dark, grim, sardonic

  2. Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.

  3. Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).

Synonymsdark, grim, sardonic
Antonymscheerful, jovial

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